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Leitão à Bairrada (Roast Suckling Pig)
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Leitão à Bairrada (Roast Suckling Pig) is a signature dish of Portugal; we have verified places to eat it in Porto. Roast suckling pig, the typical dish of the Bairrada region south of Porto and one of 21 finalists for the 7 Wonders of Portuguese Gastronomy in 2011. Start with where to eat Leitão à Bairrada (Roast Suckling Pig) in Porto.

Leitão à Bairrada (Roast Suckling Pig) · Porto

Roast suckling pig, the typical dish of the Bairrada region south of Porto and one of 21 finalists for the 7 Wonders of Portuguese Gastronomy in 2011.

Leitão assado à Bairrada is a typical dish of the Bairrada region of Portugal. Álvaro Pedro, who had sold suckling pig sandwiches to motorists on the EN1 road from 1941, opened the first restaurant to sell it to the general public in 1949, at Sernadelo near Alpalhão, in what is now Mealhada. In 2011 the dish was one of 21 finalists for the 7 Wonders of Portuguese Gastronomy.

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